Healing Through the Eucharist

Jesus Christ in the Eucharist- 12/25/11

Luke 8:43-48English Standard Version (ESV)

⁴³ And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians,^[a] she could not be healed by anyone. ⁴⁴ She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. ⁴⁵ And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter^[b] said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” ⁴⁶ But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” ⁴⁷ And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. ⁴⁸ And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”

Can you imagine yourself having such pure and unshakable faith that you would reach out to Jesus and be completely healed of anything ~ spiritually, emotionally, physically? Can you imagine all of the heavy burdens that you carry being lifted from your shoulders, so much so that your feel as light as a feather? That is what the healing of the Eucharist can do for you. Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist. To receive Him in the Eucharist is to open yourself up to incredible healing and blessings. 

So many people today do not believe that He is present in the Eucharist, including many that profess to be Catholic. All I can say about that is what a shame. They don't know what they are missing. Do I believe it? No. I know it. There is a distinction between the two. Carl Jung, the father of modern psychology will agree with me on that.  I know that He IS present in the Eucharist because He revealed Himself to me on a Christmas day in 2011, but I believed it prior to that.

When you receive Communion a few things happen.

All of your venial sins are remediated. Venial sins are those that are lesser than mortal sin. Mortal sins need to be confessed to a priest.

You will be protected from evil entities. Those that go to Mass, receive the sacraments and pray often have incredible strength against them. The holier one becomes, the more they flee from you. 

You may experience healing of the spirit, the mind or the body, if it is God's will. There have been cases of spontaneous healing from receiving Communion.

Some mystics and saints of the church have subsisted only on the body of Christ. You may want to read up on them. St. Catherine of Genoa, St. Joseph Cupertino, St. Catherine of Sienna, Blessed Alexandrina de Costa are some of them. Surely, it is the grace of God that allowed them to do that, particularly since many did it for years. You may be interested in reading more on Alexandrina, as that occurred in the last century, as a result of the Fatima Marian apparitions. On this most holy Eucharist in the Blessed Sacrament Padre Pio said:

"My heart feels as if it were being drawn by a superior force each morning just before uniting with Him in the Blessed Sacrament. I have such a thirst and hunger before receiving Him that it's a wonder I don't die of anxiety. I was hardly able to reach the Divine Prisoner in order to celebrate Mass. When Mass ended I remained with Jesus to render Him thanks. My thirst and hunger do not diminish after I have received Him in the Blessed Sacrament, but rather, increase steadily. Oh, how sweet was the conversation I held with Paradise this morning. The Heart of Jesus and my own, if you will pardon my expression, fused. They were no longer two hearts beating but only one. My heart disappeared as if it were a drop in the ocean." (Bl. Padre Pio)

In order to receive the Eucharist, one must be in a state of grace. To be in a state of grace you must go to confession regularly and reveal all of your sins, showing remorse and asking God for forgiveness. Approach the Eucharist with reverence, bow before it, and return to your seat and contemplate being one with Christ. 

If you receive Communion, in an irreverent way, or not in a state of grace, your sins will be MULTIPLIED. 

There has been a number of Eucharistic miracles. The most famous of which is the Host of Lanciano, Italy. It is a direct sign of divine intervention and supernatural occurrence during the celebration of a Mass.   In the 700's during the consecration, the Eucharist and wine were converted into flesh and blood. What is remarkable about this is that the monk that was saying the mass was a man of science and was struggling with his faith in the true presence of Christ. Upon the miracle, the monk called those in attendance to the altar and said, "O fortunate witnesses, to whom the Blessed God, to confound my unbelief, has wished to reveal Himself visible to our eyes! Come, brethren, and marvel at our God, so close to us. Behold the Flesh and Blood of our Most Beloved Christ." The Eucharist is still in existence, has not deteriorated and is housed in the same church, however it is now the Franciscans that are in charge of it. (The monks of St. Basil ran the church when the miracle occurred.) The flesh is in a silver and crystal monstrance. The blood globules are in a chalice. The most recent tests were conducted on them in 1970. The flesh is that of a human heart, the myocardium and endocardium sections and the blood is human, AB. All are fresh. That is mind blowing when you consider that the 700's were a very long time ago.

I urge you to return to Jesus in the Eucharist at the celebration of the Mass. Just as the woman that touched His cloak was healed, so can you be. I recommend that you find Him in your local perpetual adoration chapel. He is waiting for you to return to Him so that He can wrap you in His embrace and fill your heart with peace and joy. I can tell you from my own experience, it is heaven on earth to be with Him.

Have a peaceful week.

Mare

**The photo is a forensic analysis of one of the Eucharistic photos taken on 12/25/11. It has been enlarged and blurred, as blurring it softens the picture and makes it easier to see the bowed head of Our Lord. For more on that picture look at our Youtube channel (Link above) and at the promoted post.